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Constituency

508. Midnapore

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-MIDNAPORE

INC 40.3%won by 6.3%CPI 34.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BAC (BAC) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.3%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 43.4% to 40.3% of the vote here (−3.1%).
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 34.0% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.2% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.0% to 65.8%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
5,29,679
Turnout
65.8%
Valid votes
3,48,390
Margin
22,009
6.32%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
BAC
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPI swing
−37.1%
INC share
43.4% 40.3%
CPI share
0.0% 34.0%
Turnout
68.8% 65.8%